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On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Joseph P. McDonald manned the switchboard at Fort Shafter in Hawaii when he received the alarming message that radar had detected a large number of planes approaching from the north, heading fast for Oahu.
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The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, formerly the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, re-granted Marywood accreditation, with another review scheduled for spring.

Students were informed of the news on Thursday.

Marywood learned in April that the school lost its accreditation for the nursing program.

The denial was based on findings that the university had not complied with certain standards, which neither the accrediting agency nor Marywood ever disclosed.

Marywood officials appealed the decision.

The school received a notice from ACEN that "after a thorough review of the material submitted by the university, ACEN determined that Marywood University has established good cause to be continued in accreditation for 12 months," school spokeswoman Juneann Greco said.

The agency will once again review the program in the spring and make a final decision in summer 2014, she said. Efforts to reach officials with the accrediting agency were unsuccessful Thursday.

But the nursing program, which had 117 students last year, is not yet fully cleared. The program is under provisional approval status from the state, after receiving a board exam pass rate lower than the 80 percent state minimum.

If test scores do not improve in the next year, the school has the potential to lose its state approval. The state status is still unresolved, Ms. Greco said.

In May, Marywood announced an agreement with the University of Scranton to give third-year nursing students the option to finish their degree at the University of Scranton. That option will still be available, Ms. Greco said.

A lawsuit 10 Marywood students brought against the school is also still unresolved. The students claim the school failed to disclose to students that the program's accreditation was at risk even though school officials were put on notice.

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